Cologne assault: Cultural difference is no excuse for rape
It pains me to agree with The Telegraph, but this opinion piece is spot on. There is no excuse for criminal behaviour – and certainly not a cultural one. The…
Older Students Learn for the Sake of Learning
Many retirees, not trying to earn degrees, participate in programs like the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, which are affiliated mostly with colleges and universities. Source: Older Students Learn for the…
Yasmine Bahrani: It is time for Muslims to begin a deep self-examination-The Washington Post
It is time for Muslims to begin a deep self-examination-The Washington Post In the wake of the Paris bloodbath, the attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., and Bamako, Mali, and murders…
LA Times: Big Oil braced for global warming while it fought regulations
As major oil companies fought efforts to address climate change, they were quietly safeguarding their own billion-dollar infrastructure from rising seas and warming temperatures. Source: Big Oil braced for global…
Drowning in money: the untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable | George Monbiot
George Monbiot: Every year billions are spent in Britain and Europe on policies that wreck homes and lives through flooding Source: Drowning in money: the untold story of the crazy…
Vox: Denmark’s government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees
Denmark’s government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees Denmark has one of the harshest records on Syrian refugees of any European Union nation, and last week it got even…
Costa del Sol: Last Brits Standing – the end of an expat dream? | Television & radio | The Guardian
Wonderful to watch sloppy reporting, tabloid approach, selecting one of the worst locations of the blighted Spanish coast, focusing on the ugly and hopeless, including sores and dementia – neglecting…
Tim Berners-Lee: The wider world web
Twenty-five years after the first website became publicly accessible, in 2016 the web will become even more important to businesses, states and people everywhere. Governments will need to update laws…
Mark Zuckerberg should spend $45 billion on undoing Facebook’s damage to democracies|The Washington Post
Never mind that it didn’t happen: It is now possible to live in a virtual reality where Trump’s lies are acclaimed as the hidden truth that the mainstream media have…
Russia funds French National Front: is Moscow sowing European unrest?| News | The Week UK
Russia has also reportedly lent money to Greece’s neofascist Golden Dawn, Italy’s Northern League and other anti-Europe parties Source: Russia funds French National Front: is Moscow sowing European unrest?| News…